A manifesto for agent technology: Towards next generation computing

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-252

  Luck, Michael ^a   McBurney, Peter ^b   Preist, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent technology; Challenges; Roadmap; Survey; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; CHALLENGES; ROADMAPS; TRENDS;

AUTOMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 4344636803     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AGNT.0000038027.29035.7c     Document Type: Article

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